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tempodox | karma 9431 | avg karma 2.58 · 2021-09-18 08:04:08

Agreed. Explanations of git sometimes remind me of monad tutorials.

contravariant | karma 8428 | avg karma 2.4 · 2021-09-18 08:55:10

I suppose you could combine the two by pointing out that git is like a category where a git merge is like a pushout etc.

lvass | karma 1175 | avg karma 2.05 · 2021-09-18 09:40:42

Git is simply a directed acyclic graph of commits with pointers, stashes, a few named data stores and two quasi-recursion mechanisms.

tempodox | karma 9431 | avg karma 2.58 · 2021-09-19 17:56:15

“A monad is just a monoid in the category of endofunctors.”

CrazyPyroLinux | karma 234 | avg karma 0.74 · 2021-09-18 11:46:21

"It's like a burrito!"

PebblesRox | karma 1300 | avg karma 1.93 · 2021-09-18 12:32:18